[VAC] Away for the end of the nomination period

2008-03-06 Thread Debian Project Secretary
Hi folks, I'll be away from now until mid-day Sunday, and, weather permitting, only about 20 hours after the end of the nomination period. I have asked for and recieved offers of help to put up any platforms for people who self nominate in these couple of days; but I'll be unable to se

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2008: Marc Brockschmidt

2008-03-06 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 04:16:15PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > there are claims like the limit is a convention and "a convention *is* > proper for this kind of thing. The fact that it is not totally > respected is, IMO, not a problem, since it usually is." > -- Wouter Verhelst > http://lists.debian.org/

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2008: Marc Brockschmidt

2008-03-06 Thread Gunnar Wolf
MJ Ray dijo [Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 04:16:15PM +]: > > I think this is not a real issue. Do you feel we lose volunteer time > > because people are campaining during the year? > > Well, for example, Marc Brockschmidt has spent time writing a > platform, canvassing and campaigning, which he sugge

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2008: Marc Brockschmidt

2008-03-06 Thread MJ Ray
Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote [on not campaigning during nominations]: > [...] However, I don't agree with you that campaining at any > other time would violate the consitution. See below. I never claimed that it would violate the constitution. It's clearly not covered. However, there ar

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2008: Marc Brockschmidt

2008-03-06 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:57:23PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:22:19PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > > Campaigning on debian-vote *and* canvassing for help? Is this really > > > what aj meant by "summarise their plans for their term"? > >

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2008: Marc Brockschmidt

2008-03-06 Thread MJ Ray
Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:22:19PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > Campaigning on debian-vote *and* canvassing for help? Is this really > > what aj meant by "summarise their plans for their term"? > > No, this is just answering a question. Do you suggest that he s

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2008: Marc Brockschmidt

2008-03-06 Thread Bas Wijnen
Hi, On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:22:19PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > I have contacted a few people about helping out with the tasks above > > (and some I plan to contact) but I can't hand out a definite list of > > people who are willing to help